Word: faltering
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...baseball, and just about everything else, things rarely go according to plan. After losing the first three games of the American League Championship Series to the Yankees, the Red Sox were supposed to crumble entirely. After beating the Yankees in seven games, some figured the Sox would falter to the St. Louis Cardinals as they did in 1967 and 1946. If the script had played out true to Greek Tragedy, the Cardinals would have come back from a three game deficit to win Game 7 in Fenway Park, doing unto Boston what Boston had done unto New York...
...Elise’s credit, she does as much as possible with such a weak script, but every actress would falter in scenes such as when her love interest asks her to tell stories from her time in jail, and she responds jokingly, “I was getting raped in the shower and a woman was pulling my leg, just like I’m pulling yours.” No, I’m not making that up. That is an actual line in the film. This dialogue may have in fact been the best and the worst...
...first proved her worth while preserving a 2-2 tie against Minnesota-Duluth in December, the Crimson’s first near-falter. The next day Harvard avenged its national title loss to the Bulldogs with a 7-2 victory...
After wins against Boston College and North Carolina and a strong showing at the Brandeis University Invitational, the Crimson continued to falter in Ivy play. Harvard lost to Penn, 16-11, on Feb. 7, running their record to 0-2 against conference opponents...
Heading into the last regular-season weekend, the Harvard men’s hockey team can either build momentum for a possible run through the ECAC playoffs or falter down the stretch and possibly lose its current first round home ice advantage...